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SFA accounting professor receives service-learning award

    Dr. George L. Hunt, assistant professor of accounting at Stephen F. Austin State University, is the recipient of the 2012 Teaching Excellence Award for Service Learning.     Students in Hunt’s Accounting 343 course are active in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance … Continue reading

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Nacogdoches early childhood learning centers plan celebration

    The Early Childhood Lab at Stephen F. Austin State University and the Greater East Texas Community Action Program Head Start are hosting events to celebrate the Week of the Young Child April 23-27. The Week of the Young Child is … Continue reading

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SFA Board of Regents sets new tuition rates

    Sharp reductions in state funding of higher education factored heavily in Tuesday’s decision by the Stephen F. Austin Station University Board of Regents to raise tuition and room-and-board rates for the coming academic year.     Designated tuition will be raised from … Continue reading

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Childs named dean of SFA College of Sciences and Mathematics

    Following a national search, Dr. Kimberly Childs was named dean of Stephen F. Austin State University’s College of Sciences and Mathematics by the Board of Regents Tuesday.      A professor of mathematics at SFA, Childs has been serving as interim dean … Continue reading

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SFA jazz concert offers range of styles

    The two jazz bands at Stephen F. Austin State University, the Swingin’ Axes and the Swingin’ Aces, will present a program of contemporary and classical jazz, swing, Latin and funk during their final concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading

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SFA Wind Ensemble offers ‘surround sound’ with ‘Circus Maximus’

    Fred J. Allen, director of bands at Stephen F. Austin State University, describes the upcoming Wind Ensemble concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, as “the largest thing we have ever put together.” The highlight of the program will be … Continue reading

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SFA ‘Spanish Nights’ concert features guest violinist and alumna vocalist

    The inspiration for the Orchestra of the Pines’ season-closing concert, “Spanish Nights,” occurred many years ago when music director Gene H. Moon watched a video of the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s concert of the same title.     “The orchestral repertoire of … Continue reading

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SFA festival of plays opens Tuesday

    Three nationally-acclaimed playwrights will be listening and watching intently as Stephen F. Austin State University theatre students present staged readings of the playwrights’ newest works during SFA’s Festival of New American Plays Tuesday, April 24, through Saturday, April 28.     During … Continue reading

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Former secretary of state talks about making a difference (By Piero Pretto at The Pine Log)

    Many people dream about making a difference in the world. But Baker, a man who has worked alongside multiple U. S. presidents, did not grow up dreaming of such things. According to Baker, he just wanted to be a good … Continue reading

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